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The Story Of Red And Blue 20 - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1989 - MyArtBroker

The Story Of Red And Blue 20
Signed Print

Keith Haring

£3,800-£5,500Value Indicator

$7,500-$11,000 Value Indicator

$7,000-$10,000 Value Indicator

¥35,000-¥50,000 Value Indicator

4,600-6,500 Value Indicator

$35,000-$50,000 Value Indicator

¥730,000-¥1,050,000 Value Indicator

$4,800-$7,000 Value Indicator

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 90

Year: 1989

Size: H 58cm x W 42cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Keith Haring's The Story Of Red And Blue 20 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £3,800 and £5,500. This lithograph print, created in 1989, is a rare artwork with an auction history of three sales since its entry to the market in May 2013. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 90.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
December 2015Artcurial France
June 2014Karl & Faber Germany
May 2013Kaupp Auktions House Germany

Meaning & Analysis

Representative of Haring’s desire to create a visual language that appealed to both children and adults alike, the series is formed of a variety of simplified images reminiscent of children’s fictional characters. Throughout the series Haring limits his colour palette to bright red and blue and renders each image in his distinctive linear style with black rounded lines.

The Story Of Red And Blue 20 shows an image of a human hand depicted in thick, bold lines, holding a large purple egg. Haring uses energetic action lines surrounding either side of the egg to add a sense of movement and dynamism to the composition.

Across the first half of the series, each print alternates in colour between red and blue but for the first time in the series, this print shows the colours red and blue mixed together to form the shape of the egg. In each print Haring uses simplified and generic pictograms to produce the effect of a children’s story book without a sensical storyline, where instead the story seems to focus abstractly on the colours red and blue.

  • Keith Haring was a luminary of the 1980s downtown New York scene. His distinctive visual language pioneered one-line Pop Art drawings and he has been famed for his colourful, playful imagery. Haring's iconic energetic motifs and figures were dedicated to influencing social change, and particularly challenging stigma around the AIDS epidemic. Haring also pushed for the accessibility of art by opening Pop Shops in New York and Japan, selling a range of ephemera starting from as little as 50 cents. Haring's legacy has been cemented in the art-activism scene and is a testament to power of art to inspire social change

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